In that time period, immigration was very crazy and hectic. About 4 million immigrants came in during that time period. Most immigrants arrived in Ellis Island. They called it "L'Isola dell Lagrime" which means Island of tears. A very main reason why people came over is the push factors. One push factor is is that the south of Italy was very poor, although the North was all industrialized, making their lives better than the south, but the North was still fairly poor, still bringing immigrants to America. Immigrants mainly settled in big cities such as New York and Boston, and in neighborhoods with other Italians creating what was known as "little Italies" The common jobs for Italians in America were 10% or so in agriculture, and most of the rest of them in factories, or other similar jobs. Also child labor in the U.S was common, and even small children went to work in factories, mines, and farms. The Italians had great family ties, so a lot of them wanted to go back to Italy, creating the highest return rate. Overall that time period for Italian immigration had lots of
information, and was a very lively time period.
Italian immigration from 1880 to 1920
In that time period, immigration was very crazy and hectic. About 4 million immigrants came in during that time period. Most immigrants arrived in Ellis Island. They called it "L'Isola dell Lagrime" which means Island of tears. A very main reason why people came over is the push factors. One push factor is is that the south of Italy was very poor, although the North was all industrialized, making their lives better than the south, but the North was still fairly poor, still bringing immigrants to America. Immigrants mainly settled in big cities such as New York and Boston, and in neighborhoods with other Italians creating what was known as "little Italies" The common jobs for Italians in America were 10% or so in agriculture, and most of the rest of them in factories, or other similar jobs. Also child labor in the U.S was common, and even small children went to work in factories, mines, and farms. The Italians had great family ties, so a lot of them wanted to go back to Italy, creating the highest return rate. Overall that time period for Italian immigration had lots of
information, and was a very lively time period.